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as in bounced
to strike and fly off at an angle
the basketball glanced off the rim her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout
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as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there
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as in gleamed
to shoot forth bursts of light
diamonds glancing in the display case
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Recent Examples of glanced
Partey then glanced back at the defender before continuing on his way.
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Adam England,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Basallo misjudged it, taking an unhurried shuffle up the line, before the ball glanced off his glove and rolled toward the Dodgers dugout.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Syl shooed her teens away from the window and glanced out herself.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
The ball glanced off Kamada's head and past goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, who got his hands on it with a sprawling dive but couldn't keep it from going in.
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CBS News,
14 June 2026
Igor Thiago, the Brentford striker, glanced a header wide.
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James Horncastle,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
Churchgoers gasped and glanced at their neighbors; some burst out laughing.
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Nursing his beer, the newcomer glanced around the room.
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Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
Anyone who glanced at the news would’ve seen something about a flash flood in Texas, a riverside summer camp washed away in the night, the number of dead still unconfirmed.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Basallo misjudged it, taking an unhurried shuffle up the line, before the ball glanced off his glove and rolled toward the Dodgers dugout.
—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Syl shooed her teens away from the window and glanced out herself.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
The ball glanced off Kamada's head and past goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, who got his hands on it with a sprawling dive but couldn't keep it from going in.
—
CBS News,
14 June 2026
Igor Thiago, the Brentford striker, glanced a header wide.
—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
Churchgoers gasped and glanced at their neighbors; some burst out laughing.
—
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
Nursing his beer, the newcomer glanced around the room.
—
Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
Anyone who glanced at the news would’ve seen something about a flash flood in Texas, a riverside summer camp washed away in the night, the number of dead still unconfirmed.
—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glanced
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Gonzalez scored on the infield hit, but Vargas was thrown out at the plate when the ball bounced Shane Baz’s way and the pitcher tossed it to home in time.
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Owner Rufaida Elmansi bounced between the espresso machine, the kitchen and taking orders.
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My trusty spreadsheet peeked at building permits in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties – for renting or owning – and found that developers in the 12 months ending in March had plans approved for the most housing since August 2007.
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Bass peeked around the back doors of a supporter’s Venice home Sunday afternoon to cheers from several dozen supporters at an intimate event.
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That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.
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The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.
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Apple — Shares bucked the tech sell-off trend and rebounded slightly after Apple’s stock had its worst day in over a year on Thursday.
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After all travel dropped during the pandemic, most transit agencies rebounded slowly, but long-distance bus and rail ridership shot back up.
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Kane even scored with another icon, David Beckham, watching from the stands with his face flashed on video screens to massive cheers.
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The movement for independence flashed across the colonies.
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After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist.
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The silver Chrysler Sebring glinted when the sun kissed the parking lot in Temple, Texas, sitting by its lonesome.
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On June 17, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's 19-year-old daughter shimmered in Queen Emma's Diamond Tiara for her first-ever tiara wear at the state banquet celebrating the state visit from Japan at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
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Her slinky black shift dress shimmered with stripes of iridescent sequins that shifted color under the flashing lights.
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“Glanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glanced. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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